regardful

American  

[ri-gahrd-fuhl] / rɪˈgɑrd fəl /

adjective

1. observant; attentive; heedful (often followed byof ).

   a man regardful of the feelings of others.

2. showing or feeling regard or esteem; respectful.

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regardful British  

/ rɪˈɡɑːdfʊl /

adjective

1. (often foll by of) showing regard (for); heedful (of)

2. showing regard, respect, or consideration

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Other Word Forms

• regardfulness
  noun
• unregardful
  adjective
• regardfully
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of regardful

First recorded in 1580–90; regard + -ful

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

regardful

Possibly we have become too regardful of things that we call luxuries .

From Time Magazine Archive

You might, for instance, concede too much to the claim of affection; or, on the other hand, be too regardful of the mere worldly consideration.

From A Rent In A Cloud by Charles James Lever

Nor were women a whit more regardful of the proprieties of expression.

From Women of England by Bartlett Burleigh James

"Oh, my dear," she wailed, kneeling at his side, "my dear, dear!" and still regardful of his leg, she yet contrived to get herself weeping into his coveted arms.

From Marriage by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Pained, however, as I was, with his efforts of gaining a complete admission, which he was so regardful as to manage by gentle degrees, I took care not to complain.

From Memoirs Of Fanny Hill A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text (London, 1749) by John Cleland